New Study! - Green Tea Extract Topically Grows Significant Hair

Thanks for the update and your persistance. But I think it’s difficult to draw a conclusion at this time.

» Ive used green tea/alcohol on one cheek…usually once a day.
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» Ive used topical beta sitosterol on one side of forehead—squeezed out of
» a capsule on warm moist skin, once a day
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» Ive used topical lavender above the other eyebrow, once a day.
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» Ive only missed a couple of days.
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» Results are…green tea cheek is coming in at about a 4 vs. a
» definite 5 on the untreated cheek. There is definitely a reduction in
» sebum.
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» The beta sitosterol and the lavender have about as many “dots” as before,
» but the dots are definitely smaller than they were last week. I guess Ive
» been doing this for roughly 10 days now.
» I should have put a sebutape strip in the middle of my forehead where no
» topical was applied and seen how it did for a “control”. I’ll probably do
» this again in a few more days and do just that.
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» I waited about 65 minutes this time to peel the strips.
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» Short summary, there is a reduction, but it isn’t something
» like 50% or anything. More like 20%. Then again, Ive only been
» applying these things once a day…and I have missed a couple of
» days. I’ll keep it up a while longer and retest and see what I get then. In
» the cedarwood oil patent for instance, which was the biggest sebum-reducing
» agent Johnson and Johnson tested, a dip in sebum production was seen from
» months 3 through 6.
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» I have plenty more sebutape left :slight_smile:

Tea Tree oil is the strongest thing I’ve tried.

Unfortunately I feel like it’s going noticeably systemic though, so it’s not proving to be the great option that it might look like on paper.

I’ve seen herbal/supplement companies sell an alcohol free liquid green tea extract where it comes with a dropper and everything. Do you think that would work as a topical application? Is the ethanol/alcohol necessary for it to get absorbed topically? Most of these liquid green tea extracts contain just water and glycerin.

» Green Tea Extract Grows Hair in Vitro and in
» Vivo

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» We’ve all heard about how Asians drink lots of green tea and usually have
» full heads of hair. Does this mean green tea improves hair growth?
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» Despite all the positive news about the health benefits of green tea, in
» my opinion the jury is still out on this one. Surprisingly, not a lot of
» studies have been done on green tea and hair growth in humans, especially
» when the green tea is topically applied.
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» In a recent study about green tea and human hair follicles, Kwon et al.
» report:
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» Green tea is a popular worldwide beverage, and its potential beneficial
» effects such as anti-cancer and anti-oxidant properties are believed to be
» mediated by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a major constituent of
» polyphenols.
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» Recently, it was reported that EGCG might be useful in the prevention or
» treatment of androgenetic alopecia by selectively inhibiting
» 5alpha-reductase activity. However, no report has been issued to date on
» the effect of EGCG on human hair growth. This study was undertaken to
» measure the effect of EGCG on hair growth in vitro and to investigate its
» effect on human dermal papilla cells (DPCs) in vivo and in vitro.
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» EGCG promoted hair growth in hair follicles ex vivo culture and the
» proliferation of cultured DPCs. The growth stimulation of DPCs by EGCG in
» vitro may be mediated through the upregulations of phosphorylated Erk and
» Akt and by an increase in the ratio of Bcl-2/Bax ratio. Similar results
» were also obtained in in vivo dermal papillae of human scalps. Thus, we
» suggest that EGCG stimulates human hair growth through these dual
» proliferative and anti-apoptotic effects on DPCs.

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» In this study, one of the main green tea catechins,
» epigallocatechin-3-gallate (or ECGC) was used topically in cultured hair
» follicles, cultured dermal papilla cells, and the scalps of human
» volunteers.
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» In cultured hair follicles, the application of a 95% green tea extract
» more than doubled the length of hair follicles. Hair growth almost tripled.
» In the cultured skin cells, the extract increased the growth of new cells
» in a dose-dependent manner.
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» The authors report that EGCG affects the expressions of Erk, Akt, Bcl-2
» and Bax, and suggest that this effect may be the reason behind the results
» seen in follicle and skin cell cultures.
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» To see whether similar effects happen in vivo, the authors mixed 10% EGCG
» in ethanol and applied it directly onto human scalps. Again, significant
» changes in the expressions were seen, which means that if their theory
» about these expressions being the cause of hair growth, ECGC works both in
» vitro and in vivo. The authors conclude that ECGC stimulates hair growth
» through its proliferative and anti-apoptotic effects, and that ECGC may
» prolong the anagen stage.
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» So can you do the same thing at home? It seems so.
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» To make your own inhuman experiment, you’d need to buy a green tea extract
» with as much catechins as possible (95% ECGC was used in the study) and mix
» it with ethanol. All you need to do then is rub it on your head and wait
» for results.

I’ve been trying my best to follow the info about the green tea on the site. I have a bottle of some pretty good green tea and I take it orally. It seems to be a bit harsh on the digestion.

I’m wondering if it is better orally or topically. And, I decided to go out and buy 5% rogaine liquid because people have wondered why it’s not in my regiment.

Is there a cool way to effectively add my green tea into my rogaine?

I would love to make my own green tea topical but have really not understood how to make it in the kitchen. It sounds dangerous.

HH

That is an OLD study from 2006 and well known. Here is the actual PDF:

Human hair growth enhancement in vitro by green tea epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)
Phytomedicine (2006), doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2006.09.009

As a result of this study i tried using Super Nano Green Tea topically from Premier Research Labs (PRL) for around 6 months. I tried this one as it has nanised particles and so would have a better chance of penetrating the scalp.

Super Nano Green Tea

Super Nano Green Tea delivers 103 mg polyphenols per serving. 1/2 tsp Green Tea Super Nano = 20 cups of green tea.

It was extremely drying to the scalp and stained it very dark. I even tried drinking it once and it was the most disgusting thing i have ever drunk !

Anway, good luck to all those that give it a go. Maybe i just used the wrong topical and a different one might yield results ?

I have been drinking at least 2 cups of green tea EVERY day for the past 10 years for health and in lieu of coffee. Likewise, for good measure, I have been dumping 2 green teas extract pills into minox for over 2 years now. Other than staining the hell out of my pillow case, I have seen no whizz bang results.

pizzaface (lol nice nick) how do u know that u might have been worse off if you handt consumed all that green tea? Some guys say that propecia hasnt done anything for them after years of taking them, then all of a sudden when they stop they go almost bald immediately :slight_smile:

» I have been drinking at least 2 cups of green tea EVERY day for the past 10
» years for health and in lieu of coffee. Likewise, for good measure, I have
» been dumping 2 green teas extract pills into minox for over 2 years now.
» Other than staining the hell out of my pillow case, I have seen no whizz
» bang results.